Loom harness



July l, 1952 J. J. KAUFMANN 2,601,872

LOOM HARNESS Filed Aug- 5l, 1949 3 sheets-sheet 1 26h 29 30 ao so F15.. E F1115 Fill@ Fils] QR 3) as 3f, 35 34 35 33 Fl EL INVENTOR.

. JOHNJ. KAUFMANN ATTORNEY July 1, 1952 J. J. KAUFMANN LOOM HARNESS 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Aug. 31, 1949 lll Figli FlEnlE "5113.15

INVENTOR. JOHN .I KAUFMANN ATTORNEY July 1, 1952 J. .1. KAUFMANN LOOM HARNESS 5 Shee'c's-Sheet I5 Filed Aug. 51, 1949 INVENTOR.

JOHN J. KAUFMANN J ATTORNEY rods.

Patented July 1, 1952 LOOM HARNESS John J. VKaufmann, Elkins Park, Pa., assignor `to Steel Heddle Manufacturing Company, Philadelphia, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application August 31, 1949, Serial No. 113,430

land thus causing smashes and other damage to the loom parts, as well as to the fabric being woven.` v l The present invention is applicable not only to the screw hooks and screw eyes which are used for connecting the jack-cords and actuating straps to the frames, but also in some instances, may be -employed for the prevention of the improper turning of the so-called hooks which are used in loom hardness frames for supporting the heddle rods intermediate the ends thereof, although ordinarily such hook devices will be maintained against turning to dangerous positions by the engagement thereof with the heddle However, such screw hooks andscrew eyes, as well as the other devices used in loom harness to which the inventionis applicable maybe embraced inthe claims under the generic term connecting devices, and such term should be understood to include not `only the screw hooks and screw eyes which are used for attaching the jack-cords and actuating straps to the frames, but also to the so-called hooks or brackets which are used for supporting the heddle rods intermediate the ends thereof.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide relatively inexpensive means for securing the screw hooks, and screw eyes, and other hardware used in loom harness frames, which will effectively prevent said devices from turning, whereby portions of the same, or the parts coacting therewith, will project beyond the planes of the sides of the top and bottom rails or shafts of the frame.

A further object of the invention ist@ provide means, of the character aforesaid, which will be i Claims. (Cl. 139-88) The nature and characteristic features of the invention will be more readily understood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, in which:

Figure 1 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section, on an enlarged scale, of a portion of a rail or shaft of a loom harness frame Vhaving a screw hook mounted therein, and illustrating means embodying the main features of the pres ent invention applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a top or plan view of a locking plate shown in Fig. l, detached;

Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the screw hook shown in Fig. 1, said section being taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1; t

Figs. 5 and 6 are respectively front :and side elevations of a screw hook, detached, and "illustrated on a more nearly natural scale;

Figs. 7 and 8 are similar views of a screw eye vemployed in lieu of the screw hook in those instances where the jack cords or the actuating straps are provided with hooks for engaging-such screw eyes;

Figs. 9 and l0 are views similar to Figs. 1 and 2, but illustrating a modified form of the invention; Fig. 11 is a transverse section of a portion of one of the screw hooks shown in Figs. 9 and 10; Figs. 12, 13, 14 and 15 are views similar to Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8, but illustrating the screw hooks and eyes of the form shown in Figs. 9 and 10;

Figs. 16 and 17 are views similar to Figs. 1 and 2, but illustrating a medied form of locking device;

Fig. 18 is a top or plan view of the loc-king device shown in Figs. 16 and 17;

Fig. 19 is a side elevation thereof ;and

Figs. 20 and 2l are views similar to Figs. 1 and 2, but illustrating another modified form of locking device.

It should, of course, be understood that the description and drawings herein are illustrative merely, and thatY various modications and changes may be made in the structure disclosed without departing from the spirit of the invention. v

Referring now more particularly to the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 8 of the drawing, 25 is a portion of one of the top rails or shafts of a loom harness frame, the same usually being made of wood, and Z8 is a hook member mounted therein.

A portion of the shank portion of the hook member 26 is threaded as at 21 for mounting the same in the rail or shaft 25 it, of course, be- Y ing understood that ahole is preliminarily drilled in the rail at the place where the hook 26 is to be located. When the rail or shaft is made of Wood the threads on the shank portion oi the pose of attaching thereto one of the jack cords or actuating straps used for raising and lowering the harness frames of the looms to eiect the shedding of the warp.

The shank portion of the hook member 25 between the threaded portion 21 and the unthreaded portion 29 thereof is provided with a pair of` sidewise extending lugs Eil, which are formed by displacing side portions of the metal of the shank outwardly byV means of suitable pressing tools or punches, thereby deiorrning the circular cross-section of the shank portion 2S of the hook member E@ to provide the lugs 3o on opposite sides thereof, as shownmore particularly in Figs. 1 and 4 of the drawings.

Mounted on the marginal edge of the rail or shaft 25 is a locking member 3i which, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, may consist of a metal strip or plate held in place by means oi wood screws S2, the shanks ci which pass through apertures 33 in said member. The member 3|, in transverse section, may be bent as member 26 are positioned to lock the hook mern ber 26 against undesired rotation.

It will be noted that the hook member 2G may be mounted in the rail or the frame and brought to the proper position therein with the hook portion 28 thereof lyingr in the central plane of a harness frame, with the plate member loose and I spaced away from the edge or the railor shaft 25 until the hook member is brought to Vits proper position. Y

'I'he plate member may then be brought to its operative location on the edge of the rail or shaft y 25, and secured in such position by means of the wood screws 32. When thus mounted and secured the plate member 3l will serve effectively to lock the hook member "f against turning on the axis of its shank which would permit portions I..

off the hook member 23 to extend beyond the planes of the side faces of the rail 25 and result in damage to adjacent frames, and would also be likely tc cause smashes of the harness, as well as damage to the cloth being woven.

In theA form of the invention shown in'Figs. 9 to l5, inclusive, the parts are quite similar to those shown in Figs. l to 8, inclusive. In this form the side lugs im@ on the shank of the hook member 2t are formed by squeezing the metal, of which the hook member is formed, entirely across on both sides, as illustrated more particularly in Figs. 9 to 1l, inclusive, of the drawings.

Also, in this form, the locking plate 3 ia is made nat in transverse section and is seated in a recess 3lb cut in the top edge of the rail.

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 15 to 19, inclusive, the locking member 3 IC is made much shorter than in the preceding forms, and is provided at oppositely disposed locations with prongs 4 32a which are driven into the rail 25.' In this form of the invention, the locking member is also provided on each side downwardly extending lugs 33 which engage the edge portion of the rail 25 so as to assist in restraining the hook member from turning in the rail, notwithstanding the shorter lleverage afforded by the securing prongs 32a.

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 20 and 21 of the drawings, the hook member 26 is substantially the same as in the preceding forms, and the locking member Sid is made similar to that shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, with the exception that said locking member is provided at its ends with prongs 32b Which are driven into the rail 'as shown in Figs. 20 and 21.

It will be noted that in all the various forms of the invention shown in the drawings, the cord or strap connection member Such as a screw hook or eye is provided on its shank with sidewise projecting lugs which are engaged by a locking member, which may be preliminarily slid over the threaded shank of the attaching member after said attaching member is brought to the desired position, the locking member may then be secured to the rail as illustrated in the drawings.

I claim:

1. In `loom harness, the means for securing connecting devices to the top and bottom rails of the harness frames which comprises the provision, on each of such devices, of a shank having a threaded portion positioned within therail, a portion positioned adjacent the edge of the rail shaped in cross-section to provide sidewise extending lugs, and a portion of circular cross-section .located beyond said lug portion, and a locking member mounted on the edge portion of the rail, said locking member having an aperture through which the shank of the device extends,

said aperture being shaped to provide a central circular part and having recesses at the sides complemental to the sidewise extending lugs carried by the vshank of the connector device, and means for detachably securing the locking inember to the rail.

2. In loom harness, the means for securing connecting devices to the top and bottom rails of the harness frame-s which comprises the provision, on each of such devices, of a shank having a -threaded portion positioned within the rail, a portion positioned adjacent the edge of the rail shaped in cross-section to provide sidewise eX- ltending lugs, and a portion of circular cross-section located beyond said lug portion, and a locking member mounted on the edge portion of the rail, said locking member having an aperture the central'portion of which is of circular conformation with recesses on opposite sides thereof and vthrough which aperture the shank of the device extends, the lugs on saidV shank Vengaging the recesses at the sides of the aforesaid aperture, and means for detachably securing the locking member to the rail.

3. In loom harness, the means for securing connecting devices to the top and bottom rails of the harness frames which comprises the provision, on each of such devices, of a shank having a portion positioned within the rail, a portion positioned adjacent the edge of the rail shaped 1n cross-section to provide sidewise extending lugs, and a portion of circular cross-section located beyond said lug portion, and a locking member mounted on the edge portion -of the rail, said locking member having an aperture through which the shank `of the device extends, and said aperture being shaped to provide a central circular part with recesses at the sides complemental to the sidewise extending lugs carried by the shank of the connecting device.

4. In loom harness, the means for securing connecting devices to the top and bottom rails of the harness frames which comprises the provision, on each of such devices, of a shank having a threaded portion positioned Within the rail, =a portion positioned adjacent the edge of the rail shaped in cross-section to provide sidewise extending lugs, and a portion of circular cross-section located beyond said lug portion, and a locking member mounted on the edge portion of the rail, said locking member having an aperture through which the shank of the device extends,

`said aperture being shaped to provide a central circular part with recesses at the sides complemental to the sidewise extending lugs carried by the shank of the `connecting device, and means for 4detachably securing the locking member to the rail comprising Wood screws extending through apertures in said locking member.

5. In loom harness, the means for securing connecting devices to the top and bottom rails of the harness frames which comprises the provision, on each of such devices, of a shank having a threaded portion positioned within the rail, =a portion positioned adjacent the edge of the rail shaped in cross-section to provide sidewise extending lugs, and a portion of circular cross-secrtion located beyond said lug portion, and a locksol ying member mounted on the edge portion of the vrail, said locking member having an aperture through which the shank of the device extends, said aperture being shaped to provide a central circular part with recesses at the sides complemental to the sidewise extending lugs carried by the shank of the connecting device, and. means -ior detachably securing the locking member to the rail comprising integral prongs driven into Ethe rail.

JOHN J. KAUFMANN.

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